From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The air pump with drive for armoured cars, requesting drawings for the Experimental Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\4\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 29th October 1920 | |
| R.R. 285B (100 T) (S.H. 89. 22-7-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2769 Mr Shelton from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. EFC X.4197 BY11-P29.10.20. STAMP: OCT 29 C STAMP: RECEIVED. ARMOURED CARS. X.4197 RE ROLLS ROYCE AIR PUMP WITH DRIVE. Please urge this through as quickly as possible, but only issue the drawings to the Experimental Department, instructing up three sets in the usual way. We shall not order up the bulk of the order until we have a definite contract from the War Office in the first place, and secondly until Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} has satisfied himself that the design is perfectly satisfactory. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||